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Street Artist Interview: David Walker

23 May ’1121 Jan ’11

Most people’s first job involved burgers and fries. David walker’s first job was creating t-shirt designs for The Prodigy. After that, he started designing record sleeves and party art before running his own street wear label called “Subsurface” for five years. It was only three years ago that he started painting. (Pretty impressive he’s accomplished all of that considering he’s broken his hand over 10 times!)

Once a fan of only black and white (with a little bit of pink thrown in for good measure), David now paints with in explosions of colour following his discovery of a little treasure box of spraypaint tucked away in a studio. His portraits are realistically surreal – the sort of images that make you stare for ages.

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New Banksys in London

23 May ’1118 Jan ’11

Banksy is in town again. Two new pieces have gone up in London in recent days. The first piece is on Regents Canal in Camden and sees Banksy reclaiming a wall from King Robbo. The canal underpass seen below is the location where the Banksy/King Robbo fued initially flared up last year when Banksy went over an ancient Robbo piece. Banksy’s perceived dissing brought Robbo out of retirement and since then, ownership of this particular wall has gone back and forth between Banksy and King Robbo. The second new piece, entitled Sperm Alarm is near Victoria Station.

Regents Canal

Street Artist Interview: Alice Pasquini, a.k.a. AliCé

23 May ’1110 Jan ’11

Born in Rome, Alice Pasquini, a.k.a. AliCè, has recently been using London’s streets to ignite conversations about creativity. She paints with rich colours, using the walls to express her true artistic ideas that can be stiffled in a more professional environment.

AliCè gives Street Art London a bit of insight into her inspiration, talks about the value of street art in communicating new ideas, and gives us a heads up about her graphic novel to be released next month. The three pieces featured in this interview may be found in Blackhall Street, Shoreditch. Go check them out!

Your street art focuses on representations of women. What is your inspiration behind this choice of subject?

I am interested in female models different from street art cliche. I am often annoyed by female stereotypes proposed by artists where women are seen as sexual objects or cartoon heroines. I am seduced instead by real women, strong and independent women. In general, I am interested in the representation of human feelings.

Where and when did you create your first piece of street art and what was it?

In 2006, in Rome. My first piece of street art was a girl seen from up above.

Street Artist: Christiaan Nagel

16 Apr ’248 Jan ’11

Christiaan Nagel‘s mushrooms may be found dotted all around the East End, high up on the top of buildings and walls. The mushrooms themselves are made from polyurethane and come in a variety of vivid colours. How many have you seen? Check out more mushrooms after the jump…

Friday Street Art Video Round-up: Eine, The Toasters, Ronzo & Cityzen Kane

23 May ’117 Jan ’11

This week we are featuring videos from street artists Eine, The Toasters, Ronzo and Cityzen Kane.

The Toasters

This is the teaser trailer for ‘Everywhere’ by The Toasters which documents the exploits of the The Toasters over the years and will of course feature a sticker or three. ‘Everywhere’ will be landing this Spring.

Street Artist: Stik

23 May ’116 Jan ’11

Stik has been creating Stik people around London for over ten years and anyone who has wandered around Shoreditch recently will have been greated by Stik’s supersize, bright street art adorning shop shutters and walls. Stik people initally began to appear in Hackney Wick and in recent years marched westward to Shoreditch and the rest of London.

Stik people, although androgenous and constructed from simple shapes, are nevertheless capable of conveying complex body language and emotion. These themes of human emotion and expression are infused in Stik’s brightly coloured street art. Stik, the street artist, himself was homeless for a period and ideas surrounding human vulnerability are also detectable in his art.

“Beauty is in movement. That’s what it’s about. Beauty is about the way that someone moves their body. You can tell by someone’s walk if they’re angry, whether they’re happy or if they’ve just eaten. You can tell a lot about someone just by the way they’re moving their back or their eyes. There doesn’t need to be a great deal of detail there. You can see it from across the road. You can see someone silhouetted against a white wall in the night and check whether they’re walking in an aggressive way or if they’re someone you know. That’s what I’m trying to capture in my work – that direct recognition” – Stik, in Little London Observationalist, 6 December 2009

Check out Street Art London’s Stik photos from all over London after the jump.

Exhibitions: Otto Schade and Remi Rough/Steve More (06/01/11)

23 May ’116 Jan ’11

Otto Schade

Otto Schade has a solo show coming up at Lava Gallery in London which opens on the 6th of January (tonight!). We recently did an interview with Otto Schade so head over there first to check out some of Otto’s work – Osch Interview.

Friday Street Art Video Round-up: Stik, Banksy, Roa & Eine

23 May ’1124 Dec ’10

This week we have videos from Stik, Banksy, Roa & Eine.

This is a video of Stik putting up a piece in Phoenix Garden which is just off Shaftsbury Avenue in London’s West End:

Street artist interview: Otto Schade

23 May ’1122 Dec ’10

Twisting ribbons weaving through the work of Chilean street artist Otto Schade (aka Osch) have become a trademark of his portfolio after The Kiss went up at the Truman Brewery on Brick Lane. Otto is following his artistic passion with some impressively detailed street pieces that show off drawing techniques refined over many years.

In conversation with Street Art London, Otto talks to us about the complexity of his work, the simplicity of his first attempt at street art and lets us in on his thoughts behind the tangled tongues of The Kiss.

Though you have traditionally worked on canvas and paper, we’ve seen more and more of your work on the walls of East London. Are you planning to head out to the streets more in the new year?

Sure, but I want to find some legal walls to show my 2011 stuff.

These pieces are complex, very detailed, compositions. Can you talk a bit about your technique and the thought process that occurs from initial idea to completion?

Fistly I sketch the main idea on an A3 or A4 paper. Then if I am doing a stencil of it, I scan it and over draw using computer software. Once I decide which sizes I am gonna do the graffiti, I scale the drawing and cut the stencils with laser (by pieces) due the complexity of the stencils. Once the stencils are cut, I proceed to make the graffiti. After I spray it, I retouch the graffiti with a marker because of the shadows I want to show between ribbons.

Review: The Art of Rebellion III

23 May ’1121 Dec ’10

Christmas time is rapidly approaching so we, at Street Art London, thought it would be a good time to take a look at some street art books. We have already taken a look at Keith Baugh’s excellent book, Early New York Subway Graffiti 1972-1975 over here. Today we are having a look at The Art of Rebellion III: the book about street art by C100 a.k.a. Christian Hundertmark.

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Parkland Walk, North London

23 May ’1120 Dec ’10

Street art in London isn’t just all about Shoreditch! There are many others areas of London with some great pieces waiting to be explored and Street Art London is planning to bring you a series of posts on some of these far off places and nooks and crannies. To kick us off, we are taking a look at some of the street art and graffiti around Parkland Walk in North London.

Friday street art video round-up: Eine, Ronzo & Banksy

23 May ’1117 Dec ’10

It’s Friday again, so here is a selection of street art videos from around the web. This week we have videos featuring Eine, Ronzo and Banksy.

This is a video of Eine at work on the well known wall in Holywell Lane as part of the Moniker International Art Fair 2010. The work took three days to paint and is significant because Eine had painted the very same wall illegally several years prior with the word “Vandalism”.